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| - Went here last night for a very late night dinner. Who knew people still went out after 11pm for drinks and dinner in Chandler! I feel like I've turned in to a fuddy-duddy... home by 7, in bed by 9 - what have I become!?! Well we had just finished watching our friend's trapeze performance nearby and this was one of the few places that said it was open till 2am in Chandler... so here we came at about 10pm... had to wait a few minutes to get patio seating. I can't believe they were that busy. Gawd, I'm old... and slightly lame.
Anywhooo... my friend from work, a bit of a beer snob, had told me that if I wanted to enjoy their beers, I should try the Epi-Devil (50/50 Epicenter & Devil's Ale), so I did. Everyone else got Devil's Ale and the Pineapple Hefe... mine, by far, was the most well-rounded, palatable beer... my friend was right, the 50/50 mix helps tame the hop-piness of Devil's Ale and I really enjoyed my beer.
I got the Chandler Street Tacos and did enjoy the filling, just not the lame flour tortilla. You'd think that street tacos was not a neighborhood staple.. I mean, come on, we're on Arizona Ave, well known for all it's Mexican food joints and plenty of taco stands and you serve so-called street tacos with FLOUR tortillas? Really? Anyway, if they had done corn tortillas, I'd given the tacos alone 5 stars because they were pretty damn yummy... 4 star tacos for using flour tortillas. Oh yeah and the beans were not tasty at all.. and hubby's tortilla soup was downright gross.. but his Pulled Pork Sandwich was very good. So.. I guess they are more successful with their main dishes and their sides are just 'no bueno'.
Service was excellent - cute server gal, quick, friendly, did her job well. The atmosphere was alive, energetic, young, but well-balanced with some older folks and some young'ns. A bit loud, but then again, it is a bar..
I'd come back again for an Epi-Devil and try some burgers, after all, I did enjoy the meats and flavors.. Mohammad N. really does describe their burgers quite well and I'd love to try one of them.
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